Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port which by some is called Greenburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. Irving began his story, "In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators of the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. However, I prefer Washington Irving's interpretation of the origin of Tarrytown's name, in "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" which was published in the Sketch Book in 1820. This led to the area being known as Wheat Town, or Terve Town, which later became mispronounced as Tarrytown. Tarrytown soil was light and loamy which was ideal for growing cereals especially wheat. The first white settlers were Dutch and that they were farmers, fur trappers, and fishermen. Records show that the first residence in Tarrytown was built in 1645 however, the exact location is not known. Their principle settlement was at the foot of Church Street at place they called Alipconk,or the Place of Elms. They also trapped for fur and hides for clothing, and later traded these with the Dutch. They hunted the area for deer and black bear. They fished the Hudson for shad, oysters and other shellfish. They raised corn, squash, beans, and tobacco. The Weckquasgeeks were a friendly tribe that were closely related to the Wappinger Confederacy and further related to the Mohicans.
The first residents of what eventually became Tarrytown were the Weckquaesgeeks Indians. It is a village of rolling hills, twenty-five miles north of New York City. Situated on the eastern shore of the Hudson River, in an area called the Tappan Zee, (Tappan for the Tappan Indians who once lived in what is now Rockland County, and Zee meaning sea in the Dutch language), lies the village of Tarrytown, a village rich in history and of course, local legend.
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